Acts 23:3

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Paul said to Ananias, “God will hit you too! You are like a dirty wall that has been painted white. You sit there and judge me, using the Law of Moses. But you are telling them to hit me, and that is against the law.”

Cross References

John 7:51

“Our law will not let us judge anyone without first hearing them and finding out what they have done.”

Amos 5:7

You should go to the Lord for help. He is the one who made the Pleiades and Orion. He changes darkness into the morning light. He changes the day into the dark night. He calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out on the earth. His name is YAHWEH! He keeps one strong city safe, and he lets another strong city be destroyed.” You change justice to poison. You throw away fairness like trash.

Ecclesiastes 3:16

I also saw these things in this life: I saw that the courts should be filled with goodness and fairness, but there is evil there now.

Psalm 94:20

You don’t help crooked judges. They use the law to make life hard for the people.

Leviticus 19:35

“You must be fair when you judge people, and you must be fair when you measure and weigh things.

Leviticus 19:15

“You must be fair in judgment. You must not show special favor to the poor. And you must not show special favor to important people. You must be fair when you judge your neighbor.

John 18:24

So Annas sent Jesus to Caiaphas the high priest. He was still tied.

1 Kings 22:24

Then the prophet Zedekiah went to Micaiah and hit him on the face. Zedekiah said, “How is it that the Spirit of the Lord left me to speak through you?”

Acts 23:4

The men standing near Paul said to him, “Are you sure you want to insult God’s high priest like that?”